(57) ABSTRACT A method, according to one embodiment, includes writing a plurality of
shingled tracks using an array of writers, deter mining first and second positions of an array …

(56) References Cited 2006/O126207 A1 6/2006 Johnson et al. 2006, O126212 A1 6/2006
Anderson et al. US PATENT DOCUMENTS 2006/0232884 A1 10, 2006 Biskeborn …

In one general embodiment, an apparatus includes a mag netic head. The magnetic head
has a first array of data transducers, a second array of data transducers spaced from the first …

BACKGROUND The present invention relates to data storage systems, and more
particularly, this invention relates to modules having arrays of offset reader/writer transducer …

In one general embodiment, an apparatus includes a magnetic head. The magnetic head
has a first portion and a second portion, the first portion and the second portion together …

The present invention, in some embodiments, relates to mag netic heads having modules
with arrays of transducers able to read and/or write while the arrays are positioned at …

(57) ABSTRACT A method according to one embodiment includes gathering information
about how an array of writers write and/or are expected to write to a magnetic medium …

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ABSTRACT A storage device includes a storage medium and a transducer head with two
writers positioned to write to a same surface of the storage medium. The two writers are …

In one general embodiment, an apparatus includes a first outer module having an array of
writers, a second outer module having an array of writers, an inner module positioned …